2 papers
astro-ph.GA2026
Population III star formation in an X-ray background: V. Environmental dependence and halo occupation probability
Jongwon Park, Massimo Ricotti
An X-ray background in the early Universe enhances molecular hydrogen formation, the main coolant of primordial gas, thereby lowering the threshold for Pop III star formation. Cont…
astro-ph.GA2026
Population III star formation in an X-ray background: IV. On-the-fly calculation of radiation backgrounds and their impact on the intergalactic medium
Jongwon Park, Massimo Ricotti
In this paper, part of a series on the effects of X-ray sources in promoting Population III (Pop III) star formation, we investigate the ionisation and heating of the intergalactic…